Christmas Through Your Eyes

Christmas Through Your Eyes is the fourth solo studio album, and 16th overall, by Latin-American singer Gloria Estefan, released in September 1993.

Christmas Through Your Eyes
Studio album by Gloria Estefan
Released	September 27, 1993
Studio	Crescent Moon Studios, Miami; Capitol Studios, Los Angeles; The Hit Factory and Flying Monkey Studios, New York and the Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre	Holiday
Length	46:01
Label	Epic
Producer	Phil Ramone
Gloria Estefan chronology
Mi Tierra (1993) Christmas Through Your Eyes (1993) Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]

History

Following the success of her multi-awarded Latin album Mi Tierra, Estefan recorded a collection of all Christmas songs released in the early autumn of 1993. The collection contains mostly traditional songs along with the title track, an original song written by Estefan and Diane Warren. The title track was previously released with a different instrumental arrangement on Estefan's 1992 Greatest Hits album, and it was released as a double A-side single with "Miami Hitmix" in Europe.[4] The Spanish-language song called "Arbolito de Navidad" is also included.

Estefan, who had found worldwide success singing pop and dance songs, was accompanied by a big band on the song "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and sings a jazz-inspired rendition of "This Christmas". Music videos were filmed and released for the songs "This Christmas" and "Silent Night", which are included on the video collection Everlasting Gloria!.

Technologically, the album production was used as a testing ground for what would be the digital long-distance audio technology used in the production of the Frank Sinatra album Duets using the Dolby Digital system provided by Skywalker Ranch-based Entertainment Digital Network, so that Estefan could remotely listen to the production sessions in Los Angeles from her home studio in Miami. Both the Estefan and Sinatra album were produced by Phil Ramone and principally recorded and mixed by Eric Schilling.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Overture: Silver Bells"	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	4:18
2.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	Mel Torme, Robert Wells	4:13
3.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	5:30
4.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	3:56
5.	"This Christmas"	Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor	4:11
6.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	3:30
7.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	4:13
8.	"Silent Night"	Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber	4:38
9.	"Christmas Through Your Eyes"	Gloria Estefan, Diane Warren	5:01
10.	"Árbolito de Navidad"	Jose Barros	3:56
11.	"Christmas Auld Lang Syne"	Mann Curtis, Frank Military	2:35
Total length:			46:01

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[5]

Musicians

Gloria Estefan – vocal, background vocals Rene Toledo – guitar Warren Luening – trumpet George Graham – trumpet Larry Hall – trumpet Charles Davis – trumpet James Thatcher – French horn Kurt Snyder – French horn Marilyn Johnson – French horn Calvin Smith – French horn William Waltous – trombone Charles Loper – trombone William Reichenbach – trombone Donald Wadrop – tuba Dorothy Remsen – harp Jerry Williams – percussion Alan Esters – percussion Gerald Vinci – violin Norma Leonard – violin Assa Drori – violin Don Palmer – violin Dixie Blackstone – violin Robert Sanov – violin Patricia Aiken – violin Miran Kojan – violin Jay Rosen – violin

Kwihee Shamban – violin Patricia Johnson – violin Bette Bryers – violin Jennifer Johnson – violin Kenneth Yerke – violin James Ross – viola Margot MacLaine – viola Rick Gerding – viola Carrie Holzman-Little – viola Gloria Strassner – cello Anna Karam – cello Danny Little – cello Nancy Stein-Ross – cello Kenneth Wild – bass Drew Dembowski – bass Susan Ranney – bass Gene Cipriano – woodwinds Susan Ranney – woodwinds Geraldine Rotella – woodwinds Brice Martin – woodwinds Luoise DiTullio – woodwinds Larry Dermer – keyboards Juanito Marquez – acoustic guitar The American Boys Choir – chorus Rob Mounsey – keyboards, programming, background vocals

Production

• Patrick Williams – arranger, conductor
• Juanito Márquez – arranger, guitar (acoustic), producer, programming
• Doug Katsaros – arranger, producer, programming, background vocals
• Rob Mounsey – arranger, producer, programming, background vocals
• Clay Ostwald – arranger, producer, programming
• Peter "Ski" Schwartz – arranger, producer, programming
• David Coleman – art direction
• David Daoud Coleman – art direction
• Sebastián Krys – assistant engineer, mixing, mixing assistant
• Leslie Ann Jones – assistant engineer
• Charles Paakkari – assistant engineer
• Neil Perry – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwing – mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
• Emilio Estefan Jr. – management

Design

• David Coleman – art direction
• Alberto Tolot – photography

Release history

Region	Date
Europe	September 27, 1993
United States	September 28, 1993
Canada	October 12, 1993
Japan	November 3, 1993

Charts and certifications

The album went to No. 43 on the Billboard 200 Pop Album chart and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States for shipments of over a million copies. According to a 2001 review of her album sales on her discography database web, the album has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Chart performance Chart (1994) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 43 U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 9 U.S. Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums 12

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Browne, David (1993-11-12). "Christmas CD Roundup Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
3. Willman, Chris (1993-12-12). "Holiday Recordings : HOLIDAY : It's Ring-a-Ling Recordings Time : Those Seasonal Sugarplums and Lumps O' Coal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
4. Gloria Estefan, "Greatest Hits." 1992 Sony Music Entertainment
5. "Christmas Through Your Eyes - Gloria Estefan | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. "Gloria Estefan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
7. "American album certifications – Gloria Estefan – Christmas Through Your Eyes". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.